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James Scheuer

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 6, 1920 in New York City, NY
Died: August 30, 2005 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Swarthmore College, B.A., 1946
  • Columbia University, LL.B., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945 (flight instructor)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-1957
  • President of National Alliance for Safer Cities, 1972-1973


Election Results for James Scheuer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 42 NY D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 15,364 43.4%
1964 44 NY D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 22,524 52.9%
1964 44 NY D U.S. House District 21 General 1 91,898 84.3%
1966 46 NY D U.S. House District 21 General 1 63,173 83.8%
1968 48 NY D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 15,051 67.3%
1968 48 NY D U.S. House District 21 General 1 55,129 82.6%
1970 50 NY D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 13,321 56.9%
1970 50 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 50,372 71.6%
1972 52 NY D U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 20,493 45.1%
1974 54 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 19,028 53.4%
1974 54 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 62,388 72.2%
1976 56 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 24,366 71.5%
1976 56 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 84,770 74.1%
1978 58 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 58,997 78.5%
1980 60 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 72,798 74.1%
1982 62 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 91,830 89.5%
1984 64 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 104,558 62.8%
1986 66 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 70,605 90.2%
1988 68 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,240 100.0%
1990 70 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 56,396 72.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for James Scheuer


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1965 45 House 0 100 90 8 D 92 5 97 100 7
1966 46 House 3 95 91 1 D 86 4 88 100 8
1967 47 House 2 93 81 9 D 79 8 89 100 0
1968 48 House 0 75 73 4 D 61 15 75 100 6
1969 49 House 2 78 75 9 R 36 47 75 100 14
1970 50 House 0 64 58 18 R 42 34 70 100 12
1971 51 House 5 87 87 9 R 30 65 89 97 11
1972 52 House 0 83 78 3 R 43 41 68 100 0
1975 55 House 7 91 87 7 R 30 56 92 95* 8
1976 56 House 6 90 84 2 R 22 71 88 95 0
1977 57 House 4 92 88 7 D 80 16 92 85 14
1978 58 House 8 86 83 10 D 73 20 91 78 9
1979 59 House 9 87 88 5 D 73 17 90 89 5
1980 60 House 13 77 79 4 D 74 17 88 89 5
1981 61 House 13 83 92 5 R 32 61 93 90 0
1982 62 House 14 82 91 6 R 35 60 93 100 0
1983 63 House 10 90 92 5 R 21 77 95 89 0
1984 64 House 15 80 84 8 R 32 64 92 95 4
1985 65 House 7 91 90 3 R 19 73 93 90 0
1986 66 House 8 92 88 5 R 18 79 94 100 0
1987 67 House 14 77 81 4 R 15 78 88 91 5
1988 68 House 13 74 82 8 R 21 70 91 100 9
1989 69 House 7 90 89 2 R 20 59 93 100 0
1990 70 House 6 91 93 3 R 16 81 96 89 0
1991 71 House 0 97 92 2 R 19 77 95 100 0
1992 72 House 6 81 86 4 R 12 76 91 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.